This is an analysis of the poem Hey Brother, Why Do You Want Me To Talk? that begins with:
Hey brother, why do you want me to talk?
Talk and talk and the real things get lost....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ab ca ab cb Xc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,2,2,2,2,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 1101111101 111101111 111111101 1111011 011110100101 01111111101 10001100101 1000101 10101110011 11000111
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 82
- Average number of words per stanza: 17
- Amount of lines: 10
- Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 9
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; talk, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words talk, if, talking are repeated.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase talk connects the lines.
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